Tim Harding currently serves as the Associate Dean of Career Development and Engagement at The University of Tampa having moved to Tampa, FL, in August 2005. Mr. Harding is originally from the state of Indiana where he worked in the Center for Career Planning and Development at Butler University for over 12 years. 

Mr. Harding is active in the professional associations affiliated with the student affairs and career services fields including the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, the Southeast Association of Colleges and Employers, the Florida Career Professionals Association, and the Colleges of Central Florida Career Consortium. 

Mr. Harding has served as President of the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers. He is also on the Board of Directors for CareerSource Tampa Bay and the Board of Advisors for Michigan State University’s Collegiate Employment Research Institute. He has served on conference committees and facilitated conference breakout sessions for the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the Southern Association of Colleges and Employers, the Midwest Association of Colleges and Employers, and the Florida Career Professionals Association. 

He is a past president of The Career Development Professionals of Indiana and served for over eight years on the Board of Advisors for a software company, Experience, Inc., located in Boston, MS. 

Mr. Harding earned a Master of Science in Education from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts from Anderson University. In 2009, he completed the Stetson College of Law/NASPA Student Affairs Policy and Law Certificate Program.